abxxuy

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• abxxuc, abuxxuc, abxxu, abuxxu, abʷxxi

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Berber. Compare Kabyle and Tarifit abeɛɛuc, Moroccan Arabic بخوش (baxxūš, “insects”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abχːuj/

Noun

abxxuy m (feminine equivalent tabxxuyt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴱⵅⵅⵓⵢ, Arabic spelling آبخّوي)

2. white worm; earthworm
4. insect
6. a type of shrimp
8. wild boar

Inflection

Inflection of abxxuy

	singular	plural
free state	abxxuy	ibxxuyn
annexed state	ubxxuy	ibxxuyn

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 A–E (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN